Author: Stewart Battle

SPARKS ARE FLYING, YET NO ONE IS STEERING

The question posed by the last twenty-four hours is not whether Donald Trump or Iran is “winning” the war, or whether the latest actions represent an escalation or a walking backward. Both questions assume that someone is choosing. What is underway is a broader dynamic propelling events as if automatically—a condition in which what has […]

WORLD WAR 111 ‘IN PIECES’ OR NEW ARCHITECTURE IN EARNEST

Like a drunken Pete Hegseth stumbling back from a post-football game frat party, the world lurched, almost uncontrollably, toward a new and dangerous phase this week. After Ukraine struck an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea on July 25, killing one sailor and injuring others, these two conflicts threatened to morph into something new […]

THREATS TO BLACK SEA GRAIN EXPORTS GROW, AS RUSSIA RETALIATES AGAINST UKRAINIAN PORTS

Shipping via the Don River-Sea of Azov-Black Sea route, which handles roughly a quarter of Russia’s grain exports, as EIR reported yesterday, remains suspended in the wake of the Kiev regime’s nine-day drone-strike campaign against commercial shipping in the Sea of Azov. In retaliation, Russia fired a major missile barrage the night of July 15-16, […]

THE SPARK OF REASON OR THE SPARK OF WAR? WAR MADNESS THREATENS THE FATE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

With the return of fighting between the United States and Iran, and the seeming collapse of any prospect of negotiations, the world has come again to the edge of the abyss. “We currently have no plans for negotiations and are focused on defense,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said July 15. This was backed […]

ON THE HIGHWAY TO WORLD WAR

Conflicts in both Iran and Ukraine have evolved over the recent days and weeks. Schiller Institute founder, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, summarized the strategic situation as follows in a discussion with associates: “The world situation remains one where the overall trajectory is towards World War III. And while the focus tends to shift between the Middle East […]

WESTERN MEDIA BLARING ABOUT ‘VIBE SHIFT’ IN UKRAINE

As Ukraine, with massive Western logistical and other assistance, has increasingly used long-range drones to target civilian infrastructure in Russia, Western war hawks are attempting to utilize it for a public relations campaign which argues that Ukraine is turning the tide, and therefore more weapons and money is needed. The Financial Times set the tone […]

FIVE DAYS REMAIN TO MOBILIZE FOR MAY 26 BREAKTHROUGH

Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump announced that he would delay a new military campaign against Iran, Helga Zepp-LaRouche appeared on state broadcaster Pakistan TV with an urgent call to action. This pause in military activity is a reflection of how much is at stake, she noted, with many countries, including Pakistan, “extremely […]

ACTING ON POTENTIAL

Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on May 9 that “intensified” contact between Washington and Moscow over the recent days had led to the ceasefire agreement brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump the day before. Clearly, the danger represented by Kiev’s threat to attack Moscow’s May 9 Victory Day parade and Russia’s promise of […]

81 YEARS LATER: HUMANITY AT A CROSSROADS

May 8 in the West, and May 9 in Russia, marks the anniversary of the victory over fascism in Europe in World War II. Though a distant event for many alive today, much of today’s world was formed in its wake, including the current UN-centered order—despite the attempt to corrupt it with the barbaric dropping […]

250 YEARS LATER, WHO NEEDS KINGS?

2026 has so far been a year of war, chaos, economic crisis, and imperial overreach. The United States under President Donald Trump continues to wage an illegal and failed war against Iran that threatens economic devastation across the globe and escalation into a war far beyond the region. In Europe, many governments are caught, on […]

A CHORUS OF REASON CAN DEFEAT THE MINORITY FOR WAR

As the Iran War continues to play out, it has revealed fundamental and irrevocable cracks in today’s global order. Iran continues to defy the illegal and unprovoked U.S.-Israeli war, launched at the height of negotiations, with no indication that it is on the brink of collapsing. Reporting by the New York Times found that Iran has now […]

TO AVOID A NUCLEAR-ARMED CRUSADE, IMPLEMENT AN OASIS PLAN FOR SOUTHWEST ASIA

The world whipsawed again on Monday March 23 as President Trump surprised the world by announcing a halt on U.S. strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure. The U.S. and Iran “have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East,” Trump […]